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Why are underscores not showing up in postings?
 

On our Askbot site, I need to make a comment about a variable with underscores in the name. However, when I post the message, the underscores result in the word being italic. How do you "escape" or prevent characters from being interpreted?

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quang777
asked 8 years ago

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It is interpreted as markdown command. You can escape it with \

Like this: \_a\_ --> _a_

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sqn9
answered 8 years ago
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I confirm that this issue:

Presumably upgrating the version is one way to resolve the issue.

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Due to some security features the underscore my be blocked to secure the askbot.

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gopalraha
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